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W/MESSES v THE mam PETERS ampuo'rauma, WASNNGTGK a c UNITED STATES Patented June 9, 1903;

PATENT OFFICE.

CONSTANCE L. MUNSON AND BERTHA CAIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAT-PIN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 730,552, dated June 9, 1903. Application filed June 11,1902. Serial No; 111,114. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CONSTANOE L. MUN- SON and BERTHA CAIN, citizens of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to hat-pins; and it consists of the novel features herein shown and described and claimed.

Our object is to constructa hat-pin having a point adapted to be inserted through the hat and through the hair and having a head adapted to be removably attached to the point, so as to hold the hat-pin from withdrawal until the head is removed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the means of attaching the head removably to the point of the pin. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the pin being disconnected. Fig. 3 is a view of the head, showing the socket to receive the point of the pin.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the hatpin or stick-pin 6 has a solid head 7 and a flattened point 8 with a perforation 9. A strip of metal has its ends 10 and 11 curved slightly in cross-section to form the oblong socket 12, and the intermediate portion of the strip is bent to form the circular casing 13, which connects and surrounds said ends 10 and 11.

The snap for attaching the head to the pin comprises the tongue 14, extending through the end 11 into the socket and adapted to pass through the perforation 9, the point 15 of said tongue being beveled, the bearing portion 16 sliding through an opening in the casing 13, the central portion 17 passing around the ends 10 and 11, and the bearing portion 18 0 passing through the casing 13 at the opposite side from the portion 16, said portion 18 serving also as a handle. An expansive coilspring 19 is placed around the portion 16 between the shoulder of the portion 17 and the casing to hold the tongue normally and yieldingly in locked position.

When the pin is inserted into the socket, the point of the pin will engage the beveled face of the tongue and force the tongue back until it snaps into the perforation 9. When it is desired to remove the head, the portion 18 is engaged to overcome the tension of the spring 19 and slide the tongue out of the perforation in the point of the pin. The head may be finished up to a spherical form, as in dicated in dotted lines. I

By the use of our invention costly and elegant hat-pins may be made and worn without fear of loss. 4

We claim V Ahat-pin comprising a pin having a perforated point adapted to be inserted through the hat and through the hair, a removable head for said pin comprising a strip of metal having its ends bent to be adjacent to each other, said ends being curved to form a socket to receive the pin-point, a retaining-tongue carried by said fastener and having a beveled end adapted to enter the perforations of the pin, bearings in said head for said tongue and a spring for actuating said tongue.

CONSTANGE L. MUNSON. BERTHA GAIN.

Witnesses:

Rosa Kunrznnonn, HANNAH M. Hosrn. 

